(65 years old) I like vegetarianism, but I have to eat this… not meat.

A study has found that while practicing a vegetarian diet has health benefits, such as lowering the risk of disease, up to middle age, it actually has adverse effects for those over 65.

 

A research team at Loma Linda University in the United States tracked 88,400 adults for approximately 11 years. Participants were classified according to their diet into non-vegetarians, semi-vegetarians (mainly vegetarian but occasionally consuming meat or seafood), fish-eating vegetarians, dairy and egg-eating vegetarians, and vegans.

 

During the follow-up period, 12,515 people died. The analysis showed that vegetarians had an 11% lower risk of death from all causes compared to non-vegetarians. The risk of developing specific diseases was lower by 48% for renal failure, 43% for infectious diseases, 49% for diabetes, and 27% for ischemic heart disease. Various types of vegetarians, including vegans, semi-vegetarians, and fish-eating vegetarians, also had a lower overall risk of death than non-vegetarians. The risk of death was lower by 18% for fish-eating vegetarians, 15% for dairy and egg-eating vegetarians, and 3% for vegans, respectively.

However, practicing vegetarianism at the age of 65 or older produced the exact opposite effect.

Older vegetarians had a higher risk of death from neurological diseases than non-vegetarians. The risk of death for each disease was 17% for stroke, 13% for dementia, and 37% for Parkinson's disease.

 

The research team analyzed that a vegetarian diet leads to a deficiency in unsaturated fatty acids, which are nutrients beneficial for brain health. It was said that adding oily fish rich in omega-3, such as salmon and mackerel, to the diet can lower the risk of developing neurological diseases. Omega-3 is found in fish cell membranes A type of fat that causes inflammation and oxidative stress responses It helps prevent Alzheimer's disease or dementia by reducing it.

 

The British Nutrition Association stated, “Omega-3 is also abundant in eggs, nuts, and seeds, but Adding fish to the diet is effective for brain health in old age because the amount is much less than that contained in oily fish. "It is," he said.

 

 

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My parents go to the five-day market

You should definitely buy fish..

They think it's the freshest.

 

It's the five-day market again today, lol.

 

I saw fried mackerel yesterday.

It looked delicious... You always make sure to eat fish.